I do have it working now for sniffer config.
Not sure it was absolutely necessary, but I did have to make an adapter
that put a resistive load on the TxD line out of the TPDD.
I may fiddle some more and see if it really was necessary.
thanks all
steve


On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 1:29 PM Scott McDonnell <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Wait….
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> http://tandy.wiki/TPDD
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> Cable
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> The "RS-232C" interface to the TPDD is actually 5v TTL (0v to +5v), while
> RS-232 serial ports use -12v to +12v. So the cable isn't just a cable, it
> has electronics inside the DB25 plug to convert the signal levels between
> TTL and RS-232.
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> According to that, the TPDD is 5V TTL level serial. Were you aware of that
> already?
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> *From: *Stephen Adolph <[email protected]>
> *Sent: *Saturday, January 9, 2021 9:25 AM
> *To: *[email protected]
> *Subject: *[M100] connect TPDD to standard PC COM port
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> Question for the crowd,
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> Is there any issue with the signal levels on the TPDD not being truly
> RS-232, and so it isn't able to signal on the line to the right levels and
> hence cannot connect to a PC properly?
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> What I am trying to do, since VirtualT seems to be unable to receive any
> data (still can't get that to work), I've reverted to this
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> M100 <------>  PC COM1  (sniffer program) PC COM2 <------> TPDD
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> I have the M100 <---> COM1 working
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> I have COM2 <-----> NADSbox working
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> But I cannot get  COM2 <-----> TPDD working!
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> I have a feeling it is the non-RS-232 signal levels of the TPDD.
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> thx
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> Steve
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